7 days LeftToystrainsandotheroldstuff LLCThree unbuilt crowd pleaser plastic scale model kits in original boxes$60(3 bids)
Plastic tabletop radio collectors favor eye candy over ear candyNEW YORK — Plastic is omnipresent today, but during the Machine Age, which spanned the years 1915 to 1940, it was just coming into its own as a valuable yet affordable material. Chemist Leo Baekeland, who invented Bakelite in 1907, and the American Catalin Corporation, which developed the similar thermosetting resin-based polymer it named Catalin […]
LEGO built its empire one plastic brick at a timeNEW YORK — LEGOs are one of a handful of toys still being made today that are lovingly passed from generation to generation. Although we have fully arrived in the digital age, where children are forever hunched over screens and mobile devices, it’s refreshing to see that a simple building toy based on plastic, snap-together […]
Art world meets plastic surgery in novel by Frank StrausserNEW YORK – The debut novel Plastic by playwright/author Frank Stausser, who gained much acclaim during the successful three-month run of his stage comedy Physcho Therapy at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York City, brings together various high-level players in the art world with the high-profile Beverly Hills plastic surgery culture in this edgy tale of psychological suspense […]
Cartier’s Tank Chinoise watch leads our five auction highlightsCartier Tank Chinoise, $88,751 MILAN — Cartier developed the Tank Chinoise watch in 1922 during a time when there was growing interest in Chinese decorative arts. It is believed Cartier’s design for the watch case evokes the porticos of Chinese temples. Finarte brought a 1940s-era version of the Tank Chinoise to market June 10 in […]